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Doctor recommends getting flu shot earlier, due to rise in cases
Doctors' offices across the state are being inundated with sick kids, with flu cases popping up earlier than usual.
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Doctors' offices across the state are being inundated with sick kids, with flu cases popping up earlier than usual.
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The Amazon bookstores in Dedham and Lynnfield and the 4-star shops in Natick and Millbury are part of the shutdown.
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A man charged with stabbing his father to death in Plymouth, Massachusetts told police he "snapped," prosecutors said Friday.
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